Spoon River Anthology

One of the most striking and original achievements in American poetry is now available in a remarkable edition that comprehends the poet and his book in an entirely new way This edition of Spoon River Anthology probes the social background of the smalltown world that Edgar Lee Masters loved and hatedand finally transmuted into powerful literary art Extensive annotations identify the people whose lives inspired the 243 poetic accounts of frustration violence struggle and triumph that once shocked